Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels announce Dec 9 truce
KIEV: Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said Thursday they had agreed to halt fire on Dec 9 under the terms of a truce aimed at ending one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts in decades. The unexpected announcement provides the latest glimmer of hope that fighting across the eastern rustbelt of the ex-Soviet nation was nearing to a close after...
Online freedom declines, amid NSA effect
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users and censor online postings, a global survey showed Thursday. The report by the non-government watchdog group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 36 of 65 countries surveyed. In some cases, governments use...
Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court
BERLIN: The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s airspace, a German daily reported yesterday. The woman, who lodged her complaint at the Strasbourg-based court “last week”, is suing Ukraine...
Kiev bans flights into eastern Ukraine
KIEV: Ukraine authorities on Saturday banned flights to the rebel-held east of the former Soviet republic, the head of Ukraine’s aviation authority said. “Flights are banned for Russian companies to Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk for safety reasons,” Denis Antoniuk told AFP without elaborating. The two cities serve the rebel strongholds of...
NATO warns over Russian military build-up in Crimea
KIEV: NATO’s top military commander said on Wednesday (Nov 26) he was “very concerned” that Russia’s military build-up in the annexed Crimean region could be used as a launchpad for attacks across the whole Black Sea region. US General Philip Breedlove’s comments come amid fears in Kiev that Russian-backed rebels will try to...
A year after Kiev protests, Ukraine vanishes in rebel east
The symbols of Ukraine have been hidden somewhere in the school in the country’s war-torn east — but the headmistress will not say exactly where. One year after the start of protests in Kiev that toppled a pro-Russian government and set in motion a chain of events that set off a bloody pro-Russian rebellion, at school Number 33 in...
Putin yawns off Western baiting at G20
Vladimir Putin Abbott insists having robust discussions with Russian president on summit sidelines BRISBANE, Australia: A weary Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday shrugged off a new barrage of Western fire over Ukraine at a G20 summit where the world’s most powerful leaders vowed to heat up the cooling global economy. Host Tony...
Ukraine cuts off rebel east as fighting rumbles on
KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree Saturday ordering the withdrawal of all state services from rebel-held eastern regions, a further acknowledgement that the Kremlin-backed statelets are effectively breaking away. The latest move towards splintering the war-torn ex-Soviet country came after fresh clashes between...
Removal of MH17 wreckage starts in rebel-held east Ukraine
Members of the Dutch investigation team watch as parts of the wreckage of the MH17 are removed and loaded onto a truck at the crash site near the village of Grabove in eastern Ukraine. — AFP photo GRABOVE, Ukraine: Work began yesterday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four...
West targets Russia over Ukraine as testy G20 wraps up
BRISBANE: Russian President Vladimir Putin faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis on Sunday (Nov 16) at a testy G20 summit where geopolitical strains have vied with debate on overhauling the global economy. After the Kremlin was forced to deny talk that Putin might walk out of the Brisbane meeting early out of pique at being...
